Subject: Time:3:19 PM
OFFICE MEMO RE> ECAC Playoff Picture Date:95.02.19
Jayson Moy <[log in to unmask]> presents the following possibilities for the ECAC
finish:
>
> Standings Pts Poss Pts Poss Pos Clinch Pts Left
>
> 1 Brown 25 33 1-10 Clinched
@U,@R,CL,SLU
> Clarkson 25 33 1-10 Clinched Vt,D,@B,@H
> 3 Harvard 21 29 1-11 1
@R,@U,SLU,CL
> 4 RPI 20 28 1-12 2
H,B,@COR,@COL
> 5 Colgate 19 27 1-12 3 @Y,@P,U,R
> 6 Vermont 18 26 1-12 4
@CL,@SLU,P,Y
> 7 Princeton 17 25 2-12 5
COR,COL,@V,@D
> 8 SLU 16 24 3-12 6 D,V,@H,@B
> 9 Cornell 15 23 3-12 7 @P,@Y,R,U
> Yale 15 23 3-12 7
COL,COR,@D,@V
> 11 Union 13 21 3-12 -
B,H,@COL,@COR
> 12 Dartmouth 12 20 4-12 -
@SLU,@CL,Y,P
>
I'm confused about the "Poss Pos" column. For example, if Brown loses all the
rest of their games, they wind up with the 25 points they currently have.
Even if all the other teams win every game they play (which they all can't,
since they'll be playing against one another), then all the other teams will
wind up with the points shown in the "Poss Pts" column. Comparing Brown's 25
points-in-hand with everyone else's possible points, it's easy to see that
Brown can't finish any lower than a sixth place tie with Princeton. Then why
does Brown's "Poss Pos" go as low as tenth place??? Same question for
Clarkson.
Bob Stagat
RPI '64 & '68
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